From Boredom To Books: New Library at Stateville Prison
Three R’s (Reading to Reduce Recidivism) and BTP partnered to establish a new library at the Northern District Reception Center, the first stop for many newly sentenced males with time to serve in a...
View ArticleCulture, Liberation, and #BlackLivesMatter
During the early 70s, Amilcar Cabral wrote extensively on the theme of liberation and the collective persona of subjugated people expressed as culture. His libratory praxis offered a context to...
View ArticleWhere is My Radical Gender Equality?
By Julie Laut In my youth I had a sense that my generation was perfectly poised to make a leap toward gender equity. A child of the 1970s, I admired the strength of my grandmothers’ generation, which...
View ArticleRantoul Jr. High Hosts 1st NAAPID Event
National African American Parent Involvement Day (NAAPID) is a national event that started in 1995 as the brainchild of long time Michigan principal Joseph Dulin. He was inspired to take action after...
View ArticleFraternities, Sororities and Racism at Illinois’ Flagship Land-Grant Institution
Efad Huq, Stacy Harwood and Ruby Mendenhall Research from the 2011-2012 Racial Microaggression online survey indicates that one area of concern expressed by students of color is the explicit racism...
View ArticleBarbara Kessel Accepts Humanitarian Award
Barbara Kessel’s acceptance statement of the 2016 James R. burgess, Jr.-Susan Freiberg Humanitarian Award given by the 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Countywide Celebration Committee: “I am happy for...
View ArticleUIUC is Balancing a False Budget “Crisis” on the Backs of Students and Faculty
Illinois has not yet passed a state budget for higher education, and schools like Chicago State have been left in the lurch. According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago State will not be able to pay...
View ArticleYouth Poetry
MY CURLY HAIR by Amina Alamin My curly hair can do anything it can be in big braids and in little braids and curled in to ringlets and many more things. Some people don’t like my hair and some people …...
View ArticleCU Schools Need to Work Harder to Involve African American Parents
During the month of August, thousands of children will head back to schools in Champaign Unit 4 and Urbana 116 school districts. Many African American families and students are probably anxious about...
View ArticleWhy Traditional School is a Dangerous Place for Black Boys
My son is an A student in his junior year of college and a budding composer and performer with shining confidence. However, that was not always the case. In the 5th grade he came home and said, “Mom,...
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